Culinary utensil.



yL. G. -QUAGKENBOSS & B. J. P'ARRELL.

' A(NZILINARY UTENSIL.

APPLIGATION FAILED gEPT. 21,1907.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.'

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UNITED OFFICE.

LEONARD Gr. QUAOKENBOKS'S AND BARTHOLOMEW J. FARRELL, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

4Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed September 21, 1907. Serial No. 393,898.

` zens of the United States, residing `at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inCulinary Utensils, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and

exact description, reference being had to theI accompanying drawing,forming a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to culinary utensils, more particularly tocoversfor the ordinary cooking vessels and contemplates improved meanswhereby, in addition to confining steam within the vessel, the cover maybe used .for straining purposes to drain voft' the liquid contentsthereof. It becomes desirable in devices of this kind to provide eficient means whereby the cover may be rigidly attached to the vessel orkettle with which it is adapted to be used, and, furthermore, to providemeans whereby the kettle or vessel may be readily tilted to drain offthe liquid contents thereof. Vith these ends in view, we provide astructure wherein these desirable results are obtained by way ofsimplified and improved means.

Our invention admits of various modifica-V tions which will readilysuggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and we thereforev do notwish to limit ourselves to the precise details of construction which wehave herein set forth as exemplifications of our invention.

The device of our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawingsin which,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of an ordinary cooking vessel withthe cover of our invention attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the cover of our invention; Fig. 3 is a diametrical sectionalview on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Like parts throughout the various figures are supplied with the samereference char acters. l

We have illustrated at 4i an ordinary cooking vessel to which the coveris attached. The body 5 of the cover is fashioned so as to be adapted tothe ordinary cooking vessels and may be made in dierentsizescorresponding to the standard vessels in common use. Likewise where thevessel has a spout, a projection may be provided for the body toregister therewith. At the frontof the cover and preferably integraltherewith are the depending lugs 6, 6, which are hook-shaped so thatthey may engage the annular bead 7 which s provided at the topof theusual cooking vessel as shown in the drawings. At the periphery of thebody 5, opposite these hook-shaped depending lugs, the handle frame 8 issuitably mounted. This vhandle frame, as here shown, is in the form of ayoke having the outwardly extending members 9, 9 and the laterallyextending me1nbers 10, l0. In this embodiment of our invention thehandle frame 8 is pivotally supported, and, as convenient means for somounting the same, we have illustrated the keepers 11, 1l riveted as at12 or otherwise secured to the body 5, in which the laterally extendinmembers 10, 10 are suitably journaled. he ends of the members l() extendconsiderably beyond the keepers in which they are mounted and arefashioned into suitable hooks 13, 13, which are adapted to engage theannular bead 7 in the same manner as do the hook-shaped lugs 6, 6, thuscoacting with these lugs to secure the cover rigidly in position uponthe vessel. In se curing the cover to the vessel it is so disposed thatthe handle frame extends at right angles to theline of the pivots of thebail 14, as shown in the drawings. The purpose of this mode ofattachment will be hereinafter more fully explained. The outer end ofthe handle frame' 8 is provided with a suitable grip 15 of fiber orwood, or other suitable material of low heat conducting qualities forobvious purposes.

To secure operative engagement between the handle and the kettle, thelocking member 16 is provided. This member, as here shown, consists of aplate 17 which as illus trated is provided at its sides with theupwardly extending crimped flanges 18 which engage about the outwardlyextending members 9 of the handle frame as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Thisarrangement affords such a mounting of the locking member 16 within thehandle frame that it may readily slide therein and be entirely containedthereby, or be moved partly without so as to engage the upper surface ofthe cover. When the slide is in such engagement with the vessel coverthe hook-shaped members 13, 13, are locked in engagement with the bead 7of the vessel whereby, when the handle is properly manipulated, apurchase may be gained against the cover to tilt the vessel so as todrain off the liquid contents thereof. It is, of course,

apparent that more than one handle may be employed, such an arrangementbeing particularly serviceable where no handle or bail is provided forthe vessel itself.`

In order that the cover ,may form etlicient training means, it isprovided with a foraminous portion as illustrated in the drawings,

the apertures 19, 19, being arranged in any desired manner. So thatthese apertures may be closedl when it is desired to confine the steamwithin the vessel, a flap cover 2O is provided. rIhis flap covei, ashere shown, is suitably hinged to a pintle 21 which is mounted in thekeepers 2.2, 22, riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the cover bodyas illustrated in the drawings. This flap cover is preferably looselymounted so that, when the vessel is tilted to pour out the liquidcontents thereof, it will swing on its hinge, to open the apertures 19,19. Any serviceable means may be provided for locking the flap `coverover the strainer if desired. Not only does this tiap cover serve toclose the apertures when it is desired to confine the steam within thevessel, but it forms an eiiicient deflecting plate for preventing thesteam from rising to the hand of one tilting the vessel to pour liquidtherefrom. For further shielding the one tilting the vessel we providethe downwardly eX- tending liange 23, integral with the cover, anddisposed below the handle, as illustrated.

then the handle is not in use, the sliding member 16 is moved entirelywithin the handle frame which may then be thrown back about its hingeinto the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. lVhen the handle isattached to a vessel, the handle is swung about its hinge into theposition shown in full lines in this ligure, whereby the hooked members13, 13, engage the bead 7 and together with the hook-shaped dependinglugs 6, form the means for securing rigid attachment. The sliding member16 is then moved partly out of the handle frame so that it may engagethe top of the cover, and it is apparent that when the member 16 issodisposed the cover will be securely locked in place. Thus, when thevessel is held by its bail, the grip 15 may be grasped and raised so asto tilt the vessel, leverage between the handle and the vessel being hadby reason of the engagement of the sliding member 16 with the cover.TWhen thus tilted, the liquid may flow through the apertures 19, theflap cover 20 swinging about its hinges, whereby i the solid articlesmay be retained within the vessel as desired. In order that the lockingmember 16 may always assume its proper position, we provide suitablemeans for limiting the movement thereof when it is being slid out of thehandle frame. le have here illustrated the stop 241, secured to thecover body, and the sliding member is adapted to engage this stop asshown in Fig. It is Ithus seen that the cover may be readily attached toa` vessel, the same means for locking the handle in its attachedposition being also the means whereby the vessel may be readily tiltedto draw o tl' the liquid contents thereof. lVith the construction hereindescribed auxiliary mechanism lor the opening of the apertures is not:necessitated, and a simply constructed and easily manipulated device ofthe character set toi-th is procured.

Having thus `described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. n a vessel cover, the combination with a body portion, of meansthereon for engaging a vessel, a handle pivotally mounted upon said bodyportion, vessel engaging means rigid upon said handle and movabletherewith relative to said body portion, and a locking member foroperatively connecting said handle and said body portion.

ln a vessel cover, the combination with a body portion, of means thereontor engaging a vessel, a handle pivotally mounted upon said bodyportion, means on said handle for engagement with the vessel. and alocking member for locking said handle to said body portion in positionextending` laterally from said body portion.

ln a vessel cover, the combination with a body portion, of means on saidbody portion for engaging a vessel, a handle pivotally mounted upon saidbody portion, means on said handle for engagement with the vessel, and alocking member slidable relative to said handle for locking said handleto said vessel.

4. ln combination, a vessel cover having a foraminous portion, meansthereon for engaging a vessel, a handle pivotally mounted upon saidcover, vessel engaging means rigid upon said handle and movabletherewith relative to said cover, and means for opera.- tivelyconnecting said handle with said vessel.

In combination, a vessel cover having a foraminous portion, meansthereon for engaging a. vessel, a handle pivotally mounted upon saidcover, means on said handle tor engagement with the vessel, and a.locking member for locking said means in sueh engaging position.

6. ln combination, a vessel cover having a foraminous portion, lugsdepending ilrom said cover for engagement with the vessel, a` handlepivotally mounted upon said cover, and means rigid upon said handle andmovable therewith relative to said cover for engaging with said vessel,said engaging means on said handle being brought. into and ont ofengagement: with said vessel by movement of said handle upon its pivot.

'i'. In combination, a vessel. cover having a toraminous portion, lugsdepending from said cover for engagement With the vessel, a handlepivotally mounted upon said cover, means rigid upon said handle andmovable therewith relative to said Cover for engagement with saidvessel, and a looking member for looking said means in suoli engagingposition.

8. In combination, a vessel Cover having a foraminous portion, lugsdepending from said cover for engagement with the vessel, a handlepivoted to said eover, means on'said handle for engagement With saidvessel, and a looking member for looking said means in such engagingposition and said handle in position extending laterally from saidCover.

9. In combination, a cover having a oraminous portion, a lug dependingfrom said cover for engaging the vessel, a handle frame pivoted to saidcover, means on said handle frame for engagement With the ves sel, and asliding locking member mounted in said handle frame for operativelyconnecting said handle and said cover. Y

10. In combination, a vessel cover having a foraminous portion, lugsdepending therefrom for engagement With the vessel, an auxiliary Cover`for said foraminous portion, a handle frame pivoted to said cover,means on said handle for oo-aoting with said depending lugs to securethe oover to said vessel, and a sliding `member in said handle framearranged to assume a position Within said frame and a position partlyWithout the same to engage said cover to look said handle to the vessel.

1l. In a vessel cover, the combination With a body portion, of means onsaid body portion for engaging a vessel, a handle frame pivotallymounted on said body portion, vessel-engaging means movable With saidhandlerframe, and a looking member slidable in said handle frame forlooking said handle to said body portion.'

12; In a vessel cover, the combination With a body portion, of means onsaid body portion `for engaginga vessel, a handle frame pivotallymounted on said body portion, a vesseLengaging means movable with saidhandle iframe, and a looking member slidable in lsaid handle frame' andarranged to assume a position Within said frame and a position partlyWithout said frame to engage said body portion to look said handle framethereto.

In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our namesA in thepresence of two Witnesses. i

LEONARD G. QUACKENBOSS. BARTHOLOMEW J. FARRELL.

Witnesses IV. PERRY HAHN, M. R. RooHroRD.

